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Cell couriers deliver clue to cancer metastasis
A protein involved in making cells move offers a clue to how certain types of…
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Novel immunotherapy combination produces durable response in frontline metastatic melanoma
A phase II study led by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer…
Scientists discover nanoclusters effective for cancer in the second near-infrared synergy therapy
As a minimally invasive method for cancer therapy at precise locations, NIR-induced photothermal therapy (PTT)…
New WHO study links moderate alcohol use with higher cancer risk
A new study from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer…
Low-dose radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy eradicates metastatic cancer in mice
More doesn’t necessarily mean better–including in cancer treatment. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and…
Ficlatuzumab plus chemotherapy shows promise for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukaemia
The investigational therapeutic ficlatuzumab in combination with chemotherapy showed signs of clinical efficacy in patients…
Melanoma of the eye: Preclinical tests show path toward treatment
Uveal melanoma, or UM, is a rare and deadly cancer of the eye, and the…
The effect of acute exercise in humans on cancer cell growth
New research presented at The Physiological Society’s Annual Conference Physiology 2021 shows that molecules released…
Researchers discover how cancer cells that spread to lymph nodes avoid immune destruction
Lymph nodes are critical to the body’s immune response against tumours but paradoxically, cancer cells…
Alcohol consumption linked to more than 740,000 new cancer cases in 2020
Four percent of newly diagnosed cancer cases in 2020 may by associated with drinking alcohol,…